Of special note in a separate letter sent with the charter application is the statement
that a collection was taken up by these men to sign up Herb Brier with a QCWA Life Membership
and that he be included in the original charter. They then honored Herb in February 1968 at
the Lake County ARC Banquet and presented him with his Life Membership. What a story! Of
course, many of you knew or talked to Herb personally, but I think all of us at least know of him.
He is a local legend here, and this bit of history for Chapter 36 is very meaningful for me,
and I hope for all of you also. Please follow this link for our
Chapter 36 Tribute to Herb, with photos, QSL cards, and more.

In 1977, Chapter 36 was reactivated as follows:(names were not listed, except James Paul)

Please look through the call signs on this page... and please let me know if you have a QSL card
from any of these members that you can scan, or loan me to scan, to show here on this page. I would
especially like to show a copy of both QSL cards with the calls belonging to Herb Brier, W9EGQ and W9AD.
Thanks!

Below are all the Chapter 36 related documents sent from QCWA Headquarters, 13 pages total. If you just want a
quick view, select the 100dpi version. It is smaller, faster loading, and will make a fair print from a web browser.
If you want a better quality printed copy, right-click on the 200dpi version, choose "SAVE AS" to save the file(s) you
want to your computer. You can then insert the pictures into Microsoft Word or other program. Set page margins to
zero on all sides to print either size.

Please email , if you have any historical information on Chapter 36. Thanks!

Additional History

Here is a place for other Northwest Indiana amateur radio history... people, places, schools, or other. It might
expand into something else entirely, but it is a starting point to see what knowledge we can gather.

W2AB/W2IOP - Larry LeKashman (ex-W8AB, W8IOP, W9IOP). Larry was an avid DX'er
and contester, and lived for a time in South Bend, IN. He was an executive at Electro-Voice and an early Editor of
CQ Magazine in the mid-late 1940's. Special thanks to Jim Danehy W9VNE and Jurgen Nittner N9RD for their contributions
to this page.

W9AD-W9EGQ - Herb Brier is mentioned above, but I'm sure there is much more
to tell, especially about his writing career.

W9EGV - John T. Frye was another prolific Indiana author (from Logansport) and good friends with Herb Brier. John
was the creator of the Carl & Jerry columns from the Popular Electronics debut issue in Oct. 1954 until
late 1964. He also wrote a column called Mac's Service Shop in various magazines between April 1948 and June
1977. And he authored two books, Basic Radio Course (1951, 1955, 1962) and Radio Receiver Servicing
(1960). Much more information can be learned from
Jeff Duntemann K7JPD's website... and in fact, you can purchase the entire collection of Carl & Jerry
columns (in 5 books) via a link from Jeff's site (and you can view 10 columns in PDF for free).

W9FB - was long held by Amos Utterback. After Amos passed away, his call sign
was picked up by Ron Banaszak, formerly WO9P and W9MDF. Ron was VERY ACTIVE with
QCWA Chapter 36. I would be glad to get and share more info on both of these W9FB's, if it becomes available to me.

W9QWN-K2ORS - Jean Shepherd is another local legend. A native
of Hammond, IN, Shep is perhaps best known as the author of the 1983 classic, "A Christmas Story." If you have info, please
send it to me at the email below. Click here for the front page of a very nice
tribute to Jean Shepherd, including many audio clips. Jean Shepherd died Oct. 16, 1999.

W9SAL - All States Radio Club call sign at Valparaiso
Technical Institute. Valpo Tech graduated many fine electronic technicians and engineers, including our own Chapter 36
members:

Gene, W9CWG returned to Valpo Tech and spent his career teaching there. He was the W9SAL Trustee for about 50 years!
Another Chapter 36 member, Dan Scheetz, W9DWS, is now keeping this historic call sign and club name alive as the current
Trustee, with repeaters ID'ing W9SAL in LaPorte on 444.950 (131.8) and in Gary on 146.625 (131.8). I will be very happy
to get any stories, photos, or other info regarding W9SAL, or Bill Harris (W8WWK). The club station at Valpo Tech was
known as the "Bill Harris Memorial Station". Steve Schrock, W4PLV, was a personal friend of Bill Harris and provided
this bio of him.

Other Friends - This is new and still developing. It is mostly a repository
of QSL cards of local friends, mostly in Northwest Indiana... but it is expanding into a little more. It is a place to
share QSL's, photos, and other memories about who and what helped shape your passion for amateur radio.